Person: Franco Carraro

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Italy Reacts After Failing To Qualify For The World Cup

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The End: Italy struggles to come to terms with failure

While most soccer-loving fans around the globe will be glued to their televisions next year during the World Cup, restaurants and cinemas around Italy might find themselves extra busy during the summer.

Cheats will continue to prosper in absence of instant replays

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Juve upset at verdict

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Italian clubs demoted in match-fixing scandal

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Day of reckoning in Italy

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Italian clubs to appeal verdict

UEFA deadline looms for Italian teams

Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool will know by July 27 at the latest whether Italian representation in next season’s Champions League will be severely diminished.

Tue, 04 Jul, 2006

Collina urged to reconsider ‘surprise’ resignation

ITALIAN Referees Association president Tullio Lanese has refused to accept Pierluigi Collina’s shock resignation from football.

Wed, 31 Aug, 2005

Italy hopes Collina will agree to career extra time

Italian Referees Association president Tullio Lanese has refused to accept Pierluigi Collina’s shock resignation from football.

Tue, 30 Aug, 2005

Collina must drop new sponsor

PIERLUIGI Collina, widely considered the world’s best referee, will not be allowed officiate this season unless he drops his new sponsor.

Fri, 19 Aug, 2005

Inter Milan reverse tour decision

BRITISH Sports minister Richard Caborn declared yesterday “the games must go on” after persuading Inter Milan not to cancel their pre-season tour of England over security fears.

Mon, 25 Jul, 2005

UEFA consider goal line cameras and cap on foreign players

UEFA yesterday launched the first move towards using video technology to judge if a ball has crossed the goalline.

Fri, 17 Dec, 2004

UEFA to consider video technology introduction

UEFA are to investigate whether video technology should be brought in to help match officials judge whether the ball has crossed the goal-line.

Thu, 16 Dec, 2004

Italian federation calls for electronic aids for referees

ITALY’S soccer federation has called on the sport’s governing bodies to allow referees to use electronic aids such as video replays.

Tue, 14 Dec, 2004

Euro 2004 digest

All today's news from Portugal…

Wed, 23 Jun, 2004

UEFA contemplate action over fix claims

UEFA may take disciplinary action against Italian federation president Franco Carraro and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon after the pair suggested there may have been collusion between Denmark and Sweden.

Wed, 23 Jun, 2004

Eriksson's sticking with England

Sven-Goran Eriksson is not about to quit as England coach, with the Swede‘s agent and the Football Association uniting to claim it was “business as usual” at Soho Square.

Mon, 04 Nov, 2002

Former champions' fall from grace is complete

FORMER Italian champions Fiorentina have been refused a place in Serie B for next season and are facing bankruptcy.

Fri, 02 Aug, 2002

Italy could lodge protest

The Italian Football Federation are considering launching an official protest to world governing body FIFA following the poor officiating during their controversial 2-1 defeat to Croatia.

Sat, 08 Jun, 2002